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PRI announces Small Grants programme for torture rehabilitation projects in nine CIS countries.
Программа малых грантов по проекту «Укрепление институтов и наращивание возможностей гражданского общества по борьбе с пытками в девяти странах СНГ» Penal Reform International («Международная тюремная реформа») объявляет конкурс проектов в Армении, Азербайджане, Грузии, России, Белоруссии, Украине, Казахстане, Кыргызстане и Таджикистане Цель конкурса: Поддержка и стимулирование создания эффективных и комплексных систем реабилитации жертв пыток и жестокого […]
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PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty
PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2011) Penal Reform International (PRI) uses the opportunity of the ninth World Day Against the Death Penalty to publish the “London Declaration”, adopted at the conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” on 19 […]
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PRI conducts workshop on abolition of the death penalty in Lebanon and Tunisia
Within the framework of PRI’s project “Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards”, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office conducted two specialised training workshops in Tunisia and Lebanon between 1 and 6 October 2011 with the financial support of the European Union. PRI trains civil society in […]
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PRI submission to the CRC Day of General Discussion on the children of imprisoned parents
PRI submits position paper to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion (30 September 2011) on the situation of children of imprisoned parents. The paper entitled “Protecting Children in Prison with a Parent – Implement and Develop the Bangkok Rules” calls on policy makers and practitioners around the world to […]
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PRI submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Armenia
Ahead of its 103rd session, Penal Reform International submitted information to the Human Rights Committee on Armenia. The briefing outlines PRI’s concerns with regard to the excessive use of pre-trial detention in Armenia, while alternative non-custodial preventive measures are hardly ever applied. Read more about PRI’s submission
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PRI attends OSCE HDIM meeting to discuss the role of civil society in prevention of torture and ill treatment
PRESS RELEASE How to step up torture prevention in alliance with NGOs Ahead of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw from 26 September to 7 October 2011, Penal Reform International (PRI) stresses the important role of civil society in the prevention of torture and ill-treatment. “By their very nature prisons are isolated places. […]
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Death penalty loses popularity worldwide
Death penalty loses popularity worldwide On 19 and 20 September, Penal Reform International (‘PRI’) brought 120 people from retentionist countries to London to discuss global trends towards abolition of the death penalty. PRI Chair, David Daubney, described this conference as “an opportunity to inspire decision- and policy-makers in death penalty countries to identify new ways of […]
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PRI hosts roundtable in Kazakhstan on prison medical services in light of the Bangkok rules
PRESS RELEASE On September 15th, 2011 a conference on the issue of the «Transfer of medical prison services to the Ministry of Health in the light of recommendations of Bangkok rules» will be held in Astana. The purpose of the conference is to discuss questions of health protection of women prisoners, reforms of prison health […]
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PRI hosted Round Table on Improvement of mechanisms to investigate cases of torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
PRESS RELEASE Penal Reform International (PRI) Central Asia and the Coalition of Kazakhstan NGOs against torture are pleased to announce that on 14 September 2011 in Astana a round table will be held on «Improvement of mechanisms to investigate cases of torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan». The event is kindly supported by the European […]
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PRI: Death Penalty Abolition after Arab Spring
PRI’s MENA Regional Director gives some thoughts on the prospects for death penalty abolition, in light of the recent and current upheaval in the area. Interviewed at the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty AGM in Rabat, Taghreed Jaber spoke of her fears that the death penalty might be used as revenge, as well as […]